STATEMENT OF JOHN R. BOLTON  —  During the present impeachment controversy, I have tried to meet my obligations both as a citizen and as former National Security Advisor.  My colleague, Dr. Charles Kupperman, faced with a House committee subpoena on the one hand, and a Presidential directive …

Attacking Iran's Cultural Sites Would Violate the Hague Cultural Property Convention  —  On Sunday, President Trump — as he is wont to do when criticized — doubled down on his threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites if Iran attacks the United States in response to the killing of Qassim Suleimani.

One Year in Washington Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reshaped her party's agenda, resuscitated Bernie Sanders's campaign, and hardly has a friend in town.  —  The corridors of Capitol Hill are a marbled monotony, with Oxford heels clacking around corners indistinguishable from one another …

Mar-a-Lago in the firing line: Iranian presidential adviser posts list of Donald Trump's properties in chilling hint of an attack on his real estate empire - after Iran put an $80million bounty on his head  —  An adviser to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani last night dropped a chilling hint …

Review: Politics reigned at the Golden Globes.  Too bad Ricky Gervais didn't notice  —  Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood.  Nihilism was the name of the game when host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a gloom-and-doom monologue so cynical it made the effervescent Tom Hanks scowl.

Harvey Weinstein Faces Sex-Crime Charges in Los Angeles  —  New Los Angeles charges against movie mogul come on first day of New York City criminal trial  —  Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with sex crimes in Los Angeles, according to a person familiar with the matter …

Harvey Weinstein Trial Judge Tells Defense to ‘Leave the Witnesses Alone’ in Public Statements  —  “It's going to be hard enough to get a fair and impartial jury,” Judge James Burke says in courtroom  —  An hour into the first day of Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial in New York City …

Sleepwalking into 2020: are the media who missed Trump's 2016 rise ready now?  —  Key figures from major US newspapers, news sites and TV describe their fears about covering this year's election - and ideas on how to get it right  —  In the weeks after the election of Donald Trump in 2016 …

The very real scenario of a protracted, ‘bizarro world’ Democratic primary  —  Democrats are now beginning to confront a very real scenario where the nomination — and the winnowing — will not be decided in states where campaigns have been plowing ground for more than a year …

Former Bucks Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick dead at 56  —  At age 31, Mike Fitzpatrick was appointed chair of the board of Bucks County commissioners.  By 41, he was elected to the U.S. Congress.  —  Former U.S. Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick, who rose from Bucks County commissioner to representing …

Qassem Soleimani's dead body flies coach back to Iran … The remains of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander killed in a US drone strike, were apparently placed in a cardboard box and flown out of Iraq across rows of passenger seats, new video shows.

Indonesian man, Britain's worst rapist, jailed for life for raping 48 men  —  Reynhard Sinaga, 36, targeted drunk men in bars and offered them a place to stay at his flat, where he filmed many of the forced sexual encounters Authorities said evidence against Sinaga indicated he had a lot more victims …

Julián Castro Endorses Elizabeth Warren  —  The move came soon after Mr. Castro ended his own bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, and gives a lift to Ms. Warren's campaign as it tries to reignite excitement.  —  Julián Castro, the former housing secretary whose …

How Democrats Can Win Back Obama-Trump Defectors  —  They don't have to lose their souls to do it.  Just the opposite.  —  The authors are political data experts.  —  In the aftermath of Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, analysts fiercely debated the role of the approximately six million voters …

Defense secretary's chief of staff to step down  —  Eric Chewning, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, is stepping down at the end of the month, the latest in a series of high-profile civilians to leave the Pentagon.  —  He'll be replaced by Jen Stewart, the top Republican staffer …

Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats  —  Mind the Gap is run not by political operatives but by Stanford professors.  David Madison/Getty Images  —  There's a reason you haven't heard of Mind the Gap: Its “raison d'être is stealth.”

Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him  —  The most striking response to an ascendant Sanders is the lack of one.  —  Former President Barack Obama's top lieutenants are eager to poke every conceivable hole in Bernie Sanders' resurgent bid for the Democratic nomination.

Prospect of gun control in Virginia draws threats, promise of armed protest  —  RICHMOND — Gun rights advocates and militia members from around the country are urging thousands of armed protesters to descend on Virginia's capital later this month to stop newly empowered Democrats from passing gun-control bills.

Nearly 200 People Arrested Across Australia For Deliberately Starting Bushfires  —  Authorities in Australia have arrested close to 200 people for deliberately starting the bushfires that have devastated the country, yet the media and celebrities continue to blame “climate change” for the disaster.